E.g. exhausted live stand-up comedian from Liverpool? (5)

'e g exhausted' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'live stand-up comedian from liverpool?' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'l' (electrical abbreviation).
'stand' indicates putting letters inside.
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'comedian from liverpool?' becomes 'eyas' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'eyas' back-to-front is 'saye'.
'l' going into 'saye' is 'SAYLE'.

Can you help me to learn more?